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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — East Tennessee State hired Brenda Mock Brown as its new women’s basketball coach. Her hire comes a week after announcing Simon Harris was being fired over Title IX issues regarding alleged discrimination and unfair treatment in his lone season. Brown becomes the 10th coach in the program’s history. She was

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a four-year contract extension with star kicker Justin Tucker. His previous deal was through 2023. Tucker has been a game changer for the Ravens in his 10 years with the team. He’s made a record 91.1% of his field goal

LONDON (AP) — Argentina defender Marcos Senesi has signed for Bournemouth two days after the newly promoted club made a winning start in the English Premier League. Bournemouth said the 25-year-old Senesi signed a four-year contract but did not state the transfer fee it paid Feyenoord. The price was reported as $15.3 million. Senesi made

By The Associated Press Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason USA Today coaches’ poll, with Ohio State second and defending national champion Georgia third. The Associated Press preseason Top 25 will be released Aug. 15. The Crimson Tide received 54 first-place votes from a panel of 66 major college football coaches. The Buckeyes received

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes have signed restricted free agent forward Lawson Crouse to a five-year contract. Terms of the deal were not released. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound forward signed hours before a scheduled arbitration hearing. Crouse had career highs of 20 goals and 14 assists last season, his sixth with the Coyotes. The

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies are trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011. The 60-48 Phillies open a three-game home series Tuesday against the Marlins. They’re 12 games over .500 for the first time since Aug. 20, 2018, and coming off of its third

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs, adored by fans throughout a 24-year career, has a more sinister side to his character, prosecutors said Monday as he went on trial on charges of assault and use of coercive behavior against an ex-girlfriend. Prosecutor Peter Wright told the jury

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is asking a federal judge not to allow three suspended players from LIV Golf to take part in the FedEx Cup playoffs, the tour’s lucrative postseason. Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford are seeking a temporary restraining order in federal court in California. A hearing

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are getting the gang back together. The team signed forwards Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci to one-year deals. The two members of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship team are in the franchise’s top 100 all-time for scoring. Bergeron signed a one-year deal almost

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Virtually nothing has gone right for the Milwaukee Brewers in thee week since they traded four-time All-Star closer Josh Hader. The Brewers owned a three-game lead in the NL Central when they sent Hader to the San Diego Padres. They’re 1-5 since and trail the streaking

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — USA Swimming has added technology to its abuse-reporting systems that will allow better communication between investigators and reporters who want to remain anonymous. The organization announced a deal with RealResponse on international Safe Sport Day. One feature in RealResponse’s technology is the ability to exchange information

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron is coming back for another season. Bergeron led the team to the 2011 NHL championship and two other trips to the Stanley Cup Final during an 18-year career as the league’s dominant two-way forward. The 36-year-old center had played without a

BOSTON (AP) — Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley says he is leaving the Boston Red Sox broadcasts at the end of the season. It’s his 50th in Major League Baseball. Eckersley was drafted by Cleveland as a California high schooler in 1972. He went on to pitch 24 seasons as both a 20-win starter

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The chief executive of this year’s Commonwealth Games says Birmingham has proven itself capable of hosting major sporting events like the Olympics. But Ian Reid says the city would be best-placed to co-host a global event like the Olympics as part of a multi-pronged bid with

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets mostly ceded the spotlight at the trade deadline. Then they played like they didn’t need much help. The Dodgers swept a three-game series against San Diego to take a 15 1/2-game lead in the NL West, and the Mets took four

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus’ injury problems continue to grow as goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny became the latest player ruled out of the first match of the season. Juventus says Szczęsny has a “low-grade lesion of the adductor longus muscle of the left thigh” and will be out for “around 20 days.” Juventus is already without

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron says he is coming back for another season. Bergeron led the team to the 2011 NHL championship and two other trips to the Stanley Cup Final during an 18-year career as the league’s dominant two-way forward. The 36-year-old center had played

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer The World Cup in Qatar takes place from Nov. 20-Dec. 18. It’s one of the most eagerly anticipated World Cups in memory as much for off-the-field reasons as those on it. It likely represents the last chance for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the tournament. Kylian Mbappé